Findings Associated With Prolonged COVID-19 Recovery Among Boston Healthcare Workers.

IF 1.4 Journal of occupational and environmental medicine Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-29 DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003221

Nader Zalaquett, Kevan Lutchman, Eirini Iliaki, Jane Buley, Neetha Nathan, Mercedes Sotos Prieto, Stefanos N Kales, Fan-Yun Lan

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the long-term, symptomatic recovery of healthcare workers from acute COVID-19 infections up to 3 years after the initial COVID-19 outbreak.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among employees of a community-based healthcare system in Massachusetts who had a recorded positive COVID-19 test. Survey responses were collected between September 2022 and January 2023. The survey included validated questionnaires: WHOQOL-BREF, EQ-5D-5 L, DASS-21, FCV-19S, K6+, and the Insomnia Severity Index. We compared the long-COVID (ie, symptoms lasting >28 days) and non-long-COVID groups.

Results: Among the 280 respondents (15.2% response rate), those with long COVID (73.4%) reported significantly worse quality of life and greater levels of depression, anxiety, and stress metrics. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups' fear of COVID-19.

Conclusions: Targeted support for healthcare workers with prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 is warranted.

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与波士顿医护人员 COVID-19 恢复期延长有关的研究结果。

目的评估首次 COVID-19 爆发后三年内医护人员从急性 COVID-19 感染中恢复的长期症状：方法：对马萨诸塞州一家社区医疗保健系统中 COVID-19 检测呈阳性记录的员工进行横断面研究。调查问卷于 2022 年 9 月至 2023 年 1 月间收集。调查包括经过验证的问卷：WHOQOL-BREF、EQ-5D-5 L、DASS-21、FCV-19S、K6+ 和失眠严重程度指数。我们对长期 COVID（即症状持续时间超过 28 天）组和非长期 COVID 组进行了比较：在 280 名受访者（回复率为 15.2%）中，有长期 COVID 的受访者（73.4%）的生活质量明显较差，抑郁、焦虑和压力指标也较高。然而，两组人对 COVID-19 的恐惧程度并无明显差异：结论：有必要为 COVID-19 后症状持续时间较长的医护人员提供有针对性的支持。

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